Württemberg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13

Württemberg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13
active	1917 to 1919
Country	Kingdom of Württemberg
Armed forces	German Army (German Empire)
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	artillery
Type	Artillery Regiment
structure	See outline
Location	See garrisons
management
Commanders	See list of commanders

The Württemberg Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13 was a regiment of the Württemberg Army from 1917 to 1919 .

history

The regiment was established during the First World War from December 22, 1917. The reserve battalion of the Württ. Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13 was commissioned with the establishment. This had emerged in the first days of January 1918 from the 2nd (Württ.) Replacement Battalion of the Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13 by renaming.

The regimental staff was reorganized.

The 1st battalion was formed from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd batteries, the 2nd battalion from the 4th, 5th and 6th batteries of the Württ. Landwehr-Fuß-Battalion No. 13.

The III. Battalion consisted of the staff, the 9th and 10th battery of the previous III. (Württ.) Battalion of the Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13. The 8th battery was converted from the 1st battery of the Württ. Landsturm Foot Artillery Battalion XIII. Army corps formed.

The IV Battalion was previously subordinated to the Hohenzollern Foot Artillery Regiment No. 13 as the IV (Württemberg) Battalion.

On January 26, 1918, the regiment was concentrated near Strasbourg and finally visited by King Wilhelm II . After returning from the war, it was demobilized on January 8, 1919 in Fort Unterer Kuhberg and finally dissolved.

Garrisons

Set up as a war formation, the regiment had no peace location. The replacement battalion was stationed in Illkirch near Strasbourg and was the Deputy General Command XIII. (Kgl. Württ.) Army corps directly subordinated.

Participation in skirmishes and combat operations

The regiment was used exclusively on the Western Front:

Depending on the higher-level troop unit, the regiment was used on different sections of the front. After the armistice, they were transported back to Ulm on November 12, 1918.

assignment

With the establishment it was intended to use the regiment as a closed army artillery . Due to the circumstances, however, the battalions were assigned to different troops and were not under the regimental commander. Depending on the location, the available batteries and the current requirements, the batteries were distributed to the various combat troops according to their gun type. A distinction was made between infantry combat groups (Ika.) To support their own infantry, artillery combat groups (Aka.) For fighting enemy artillery and long-range combat groups (Feka.) For fighting distant enemy artillery positions and the enemy hinterland with approach roads and staff quarters. The battalion staffs were used depending on the needs of the leadership of individual combat groups, for exploration or as ammunition and construction staffs.

organization

Association membership

The regiment was not used as a closed unit in the short period of its existence.

Regimental staff

The regimental staff came to General Command IX on March 3, 1918 as the Artillery Division . Army Corps and led the artillery units there. On March 25, the regimental staff joined the 10th Reserve Division . The staff then moved to the 213rd Infantry Division on March 28, to the 45th Reserve Division on April 3, and to the 206th Infantry Division on April 16 . On April 27, the staff joined the 8th Army Corps of the 7th Army and there the 197th Infantry Division . Then to the 223rd Infantry Division of the XXXVIII. Seconded to the Reserve Corps of the 18th Army , the regimental headquarters took command of the heavy artillery of the 105th Infantry Division on June 2nd . On June 6th change to the 7th Army, VII. Army Corps , 14th Infantry Division and on June 15th the staff was transferred to the General Command XXV. Assigned to reserve corps . After another change of subordination to the 1st Army on June 21, the last change to the XXIV Reserve Corps took place on June 27 .

I. Battalion

The 1st Battalion was deployed as follows: From March 14, 1918 in the 238th Infantry Division of the XVII. Army Corps and from March 29th with the 242nd (Württ.) Infantry Division. This was replaced on April 27th by the 5th Reserve Division , this on June 2nd by the 75th Reserve Division and this in turn on June 7th from the 19th Infantry Division . On July 6, the battalion joined the Guard Replacement Division of the XXIV Army Corps , on July 15 the 199th Infantry Division and on July 20 the 19th Reserve Division . Subordinated to the 3rd Guard Division as an intervention battalion on August 30th , it was replaced by the 14th Infantry Division on September 19th . After this was in turn replaced on October 7th by the 242nd (Württ.) Infantry Division , the last change of subordination to the 7th Infantry Division took place on October 17th .

II Battalion

The 2nd Battalion was subordinated to the 18th Army in February 1918 . There it joined the 128th Infantry Division on March 1 and switched to the IV Reserve Corps on March 8 . Subsequently, from March 12th, it was subordinated to the 34th Infantry Division , from March 23rd back to the IV. Reserve Corps and from April 15th to the 105th Infantry Division. From May 27th it belonged to the XXXVIII. Army Corps and worked there in the 105th and 223rd Infantry Divisions. On June 1st it became the 84th Infantry Division , on June 5th the Bavarian 5th Division and on June 11th the IX. Army Corps subordinated. After switching to the 1st Army on June 17th and being used as an army reserve from July 1st, it was transferred to the XIVth Army Corps on July 3rd . Subsequently, on July 21, a change of position to the 239th Infantry Division took place . After being used again as an army reserve on August 25, it joined the Bavarian 15th Division on August 27 . Most recently, the battalion was used again from August 30th in the 239th Infantry Division and from October 23rd in the 51st Reserve Division .

III. battalion

The battalion was assigned to the 36th Infantry Division on February 12, 1918 . From March 22nd, there was a rapid succession of changes of position between the Bavarian 1st Division , Major Bause's long-range combat group and the 36th Infantry Division. On April 27, the battalion finally joined the 242nd (Württemberg) Infantry Division. Until the end of the war, she remained with this major Württemberg division , only interrupted by a brief assignment from May 14th to 20th to the 33rd Reserve Division and from July 4th to 16th to the 26th (1st Royal Wuerttemberg) Division .

IV Battalion

The IV. Battalion was assigned to the 27th (2. Kgl. Württ.) Division and subordinated to the field artillery regiment King Karl (1. Württ.) No. 13 .

structure

The regiment consisted of four battalions with twelve batteries , with a 13th battery instead of a 7th.

Structure 1918:

Regimental staff
Stick I / 13 with 1st, 2nd and 3rd battery
Rod II / 13 with 4th, 5th and 6th battery
Rod III / 13 with 8th, 9th and 10th battery
Rod IV / 13 with 11th, 12th and 13th batteries

Each battery had an ammunition column of the same number.

Commanders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment
1.	Major Caesar	December 22, 1917

Armament and equipment

A 15 cm cannon 16 with a tractor unit captured by the Allies .

The 1st and 2nd Battalion and the 2nd and 4th Battalion were each equipped identically:

The 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th batteries each had four long mortars , the 3rd and 6th batteries each had two 15 cm cannons 16 with power train and the 8th to 13th batteries each had four heavy 15 cm Field howitzers 13

References

swell

Main State Archives Stuttgart , holdings M 190 , M 413 , M 433/2 and M 532

literature

Fritz von Graevenitz: The development of the württemb. Heerwesens and the German top leadership in the world war in their meaning for the Württ. Armed Forces (Württemberg's Army in World War I, issue 1 and 2, double volume) , Verlag Bergers Literarisches Büro, Stuttgart 1921
Richard Landauer: Württemberg's foot artillery (Württemberg's army in World War I, issue 16b) , Verlag Bergers Literarisches Büro, Stuttgart 1930
Otto von Moser : The Württemberger in World War I , Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1927

Individual evidence

↑ See Graevenitz 1921, p. 125.
↑ See Landauer 1930, p. 48ff.
↑ See Landauer 1930, p. 59.
↑ See Landauer 1930, pp. 59ff.
↑ See Landauer 1930, pp. 63ff.
↑ See Landauer 1930, pp. 68ff and 74f.
↑ See Landauer 1930, p. 74F.

Remarks

↑ The battalion was mobilized on August 7, 1914 in Ulm.
↑ The former Hohenzollern foot artillery regiment No. 13 received the new number 24 after the establishment of the Württemberg foot artillery regiment No. 13.
↑ Otto von Moser cites December 17, 1917 in his book Die Württemberger im WWII. This is probably the date on which Caeser was commissioned with the installation.

[1] See Graevenitz 1921, p. 125.

[4] See Landauer 1930, p. 48ff.

[5] See Landauer 1930, p. 59.

[6] See Landauer 1930, pp. 59ff.

[7] See Landauer 1930, pp. 63ff.

[8] See Landauer 1930, pp. 68ff and 74f.

[10] See Landauer 1930, p. 74F.

[2] The battalion was mobilized on August 7, 1914 in Ulm.

[3] The former Hohenzollern foot artillery regiment No. 13 received the new number 24 after the establishment of the Württemberg foot artillery regiment No. 13.

[9] Otto von Moser cites December 17, 1917 in his book Die Württemberger im WWII. This is probably the date on which Caeser was commissioned with the installation.